Webinar Discount Today

We're running our 60% sale on webinars today-28 March 2013.

 Coupon code "sixty" at check out will reduce your order by 60% through midnight central time tonight. Downloads are immediate. Our rates are the best in the business.

Check out our list of over 30 presentations here:

http://rootdig.blogspot.com/2012/08/updated-list-of-genealogy-webinars.html

You can view the presentations at your convenience after they have been downloaded. It is not necessary to view them immediately and you can view them as many times as you want.

Thanks!

Converting From Roman Numerals

WolframAlpha will perform several calculations at no charge, including converting from Roman numerals.

The screen shot below shows the results that are obtained when MCMVIII is entered.

Time spans can also be calculated as shown in this image:

It is as simple as entering the range of dates with the word "to" in between.

There are other genealogical calculations that WolframAlpha will do for free...you probably don't need the fee-based version.

Was Your Tennessee Ancestor Moved After Death?

This page on the Tennessee Valley Authority website includes a list of individuals whose graves were moved during various construction projects.

Do You Newspaper Search Those Google Terms?

Many genealogists are used to googling phrases they can't read or understand on a document. Do you also search for those same terms on newspaper websites such as well?

You might be surprised at the additional items you discover.

1883 German Atlas

Here is a favorite reference of mine is this 1883 atlas which has been digitized by the University of Wisconsin:

Author:	Ravenstein, Ludwig.
Title:	Atlas des Deutschen Reichs / bearb. von Ludwig Ravenstein.
Publisher:	Leipzig : Bibliographisches Institut, 1883.
Description:	Book xxxv p., [14] p. of maps : col. maps ; 42 cm.
Internet Links:	http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein

Here is a recent post I wrote which briefly explains how to use the maps.

New Genealogy Fundamental Webinars

We are adding six new webinars to our popular "fundamentals" series. These sessions cannot be attended live, but downloads will be available (along with handouts) by 27 March 2013.

These sessions can be pre-ordered using the links below.  Price will be higher after the pre-order cutoff of 25 March 2013. We've found that for these shorter sessions, live attendance is a little more difficult and we've just decided to handle these sessions as downloads only.

• Fundamentals of a Metes and Bounds Deed--$2.00
• Fundamentals of the 1940 United States Census--$2.00
• Fundamentals of the 1840 United States Census--$2.00
• Creating a 1900-1940 US Census Citation--$2.00
• Creating an 1880 census citation--$2.00
• Creating a citation for probate papers--$2.00

Pre-order all 6 for $10.00 through this link.

If the above links do not work, this webpage has links that will process:

http://blog.casefileclues.com/p/fundamental-webinars-pre-order.html

Questions, email Michael at mjnrootdig@gmail.com.

Tweak Those Google Alerts

An author whose uncommon last name is one that I am researching, writes article about the airline industry. I've changed my Google alert for this surname to not send results with the word "airline" or "aviation." There is a slight chance a "good" hit gets eliminated from my results, but I'm no longer getting a notice every time this author posts an article or someone reposts it somewhere else.

More Than Names and Locations in Google Books

Searches for a relative in GoogleBooks were not productive until I added the word "deaf" to my search. The person of interest attended a school for the deaf in the 1880s and adding that word to my search terms located the desired result.

Google Books Suggestion

When searching GoogleBooks, get away from only names and locations. A relative was in an Illinois school for the deaf and searching for "rampley deaf" located a reference to her in an 1889 publication.

60% Webinar Sale Today!

We're running our 60% sale on webinars today--6 March 2013.

Coupon code "sixty" at check out will reduce your order by 60% through midnight central time tonight. Downloads are immediate. Our rates are the best in the business.

Check out our list of over 30 presentations here:

http://rootdig.blogspot.com/2012/08/updated-list-of-genealogy-webinars.html

You can view the presentations at your convenience after they have been downloaded. It is not necessary to view them immediately and you can view them as many times as you want.

Thanks!